Summoned to Glory

The Audacious Life of Abraham Lincoln

Summoned to Glory
Richard Striner
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 560pg
1 Jun 2020 US
9781538137161
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Where previous Lincoln biographers describe his temperament as “moderate,” “passive,” or even “conservative,” historian Richard Striner offers a stunningly original perspective that will shed significant new light on one of the most studied figures in American history. Striner shows Lincoln’s audacity as no other book has ever done. By emphasizing the workings of Lincoln’s mind—stressing his cunning, his overall honesty, strategic thinking—even his ability to change his mind—Striner looks anew at many topics and themes important to Lincoln’s story that either revise or add new meaning to the work of previous biographers. His insights into Lincoln’s life, but also into antebellum America, and the military and political history of the Civil War, make this book indispensable for well-read armchair historians, seasoned students of Lincoln, the Civil War, or the American presidency and newcomers alike.
Setting out to challenge the 'wrong-headed' stereotype of Lincoln as a 'slow-moving moderate who somehow achieved true greatness, ' Striner highlights his antislavery stances as a one-term congressman in the late 1840s, including his support for the Wilmot Proviso, which would have prohibited slavery in territories acquired in the Mexican-American War, and his failed attempt to introduce a bill abolishing slavery in Washington, D.C. Striner also credits Lincoln with launching a 'direct attack upon the racism of [Stephen] Douglas' in his famous 1854 "Peoria Speech" criticizing the Kansas-Nebraska Act.--Publishers Weekly
An audacious biography that forthrightly reveals the depth and sincerity of Lincoln's antislavery convictions as well as the grand moral strategy that guided his statesmanship. This lucid work richly captures the multifaceted genius of a complex man who was at once ambitious yet empathetic; great yet humble; honest yet shrewd; and righteous without being self-righteous. Striner's concise single volume is compulsively readable, dispelling dark distortions and shedding clear light on the sixteenth president's life and times.--Joseph R. Fornieri, Rochester Institute of Technology
Richard Striner has mastered a huge amount of evidence and scholarship about Lincoln and with literary skill has presented it in a superbly readable biography that will appeal to expert and novice alike. Of special value is the author's analysis of how Lincoln reached decisions and orchestrated the power to carry them out amid the chaos of a war that under his leadership preserved the United States and ended slavery.--James M. McPherson, Princeton University
Among the many thousands of books on Lincoln, this one by Richard Striner is sure to stand out as one of the best biographies in decades. Striner shows how Lincoln boldly and 'audaciously' used his power to protect the Union and advance the cause of emancipation. This dramatic and fast-paced narrative will be sure to engage and provoke readers for years to come. I highly recommend it.--Timothy S. Huebner, author of Liberty and Union: The Civil War Era and American Constitutionalism
Richard Striner has given us a keen, fresh look at Lincoln's challenging youth, his unlikely rise to the presidency, and his providential leadership in America's darkest hour. Summoned to Glory is an original, engaging, insightful view of the great man as a cagey politician and an audacious military and political strategist, enhanced by an enjoyable style and a depth of context often missing from Lincoln biographies.--James B. Conroy, author of Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime, co-winner of the 2017 Lincoln Prize
Historian Richard Striner is the author of Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery (Oxford), Lincoln's Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power (R&L) and many other works on American history. He resides in Pasadena, Maryland.
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ISBN-13: 9781538137161
Published: 1 Jun 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 0mm
Pages: 560

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